Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi (Arabic: محمد بن حبيب البغدادي), full name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Habib ibn Umayyah ibn 'Amr al-Hashimi, was a ninth-century historian, writer and linguist who lived in Baghdad, Iraq.
Career Al-Baghdadi was a staunch supporter of the Abbasid Caliphate and wrote more than ten works on history, genealogy, biographies and the Arabic language, including poetry collections and linguistic works. Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi died in the year 860 CE (year 245 of the Hijri calendar).
Notable works Kitāb al-Muḥabbar Asmāʼ al-mughtālīn min al-ashrāf fī al-Jāhilīyah wa-al-Islām: Wa-yalīhi Kuná al-shuʻarāʼ wa-man ghalabat kunyatuhu ʻalá ismih (Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Periods: Including the Names of Murdered Poets) al-Munmaq fi 'Akhbar al-Quraysh (The Broad Histories of the Quraysh) al-Shu'ara wa an-Sabuhum (The Poets and Their Lineages)
See also List of Muslim historians Ibn Inabah
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